This artcile is concerned with thermal buckling and thermal induced free vibration analyses of PCPs (perforated composite plates) with simply supported edges applying a mathematical model. The stiffness and density of PCP are defined locally using Heaviside distribution functions. The governing equations are derived based on CLPT. The present solution gives reasonable results in comparison with...

The development of specialized application accelerators is happening today. However, they do not share a common attach point, and have no common architecture or programing model. A framework that economically and efficiently enables specialized acceleration is highly desirable. In this work we propose a generic interface concept called ”ACCFS” for integrating application accelerators into Linux...

UNLABELLED The identification and exploration of moderators of health department accreditation remain limited by current dichotomous conceptualizations of pursuit. METHODS A 2015 survey measured Indiana local health department (LHD) accreditation pursuit and progress, classifying respondents by progress evidence. Covariates included attitudes about the future impact of accreditation on fundin...

In the area of automatic parallelization of programs, analyzing and transforming loop nests with parametric aane loop bounds requires fundamental mathematical results. The most common geometrical model of iteration spaces, called the polytope model, is based on mathematics dealing with convex and discrete geometry, linear programming, combinatorics and geometry of numbers. In this paper, we pre...

Optimization has become an important tool in treatment planning for cancer radiation therapy. It may be used to determine beam weights, beam directions, and appropriate use of beam modifiers such as wedges and blocks, with the aim of delivering a required dose to the tumor, while sparing nearby critical structures and normal tissue. Linear programing formulations are a core computation in many ...

Improvements in distributed computing, and the technologies that enable them, have led to significant advancements in middleware functionality and quality, mainly through networking and protocols. However, the distributed programing style has changed little over the years. Most programs are still written line per line of code in languages such as C, Cþþ, and Java. These conventional programs th...

In this article, we propose a special case of two-echelon location-routing problem (2E-LRP) in cash-in-transit (CIT) sector. To tackle this realistic problem and to make the model applicable, a rich LRP considering several existing real-life variants and characteristics named BO-2E-PCLRPSD-TW including different objective functions, multiple echelons, multiple periods, capacitated vehicles, dis...